Episode #25: Black Panther, American Shift

After an opening-weekend Black Panther showing, we discuss the catalysts for social revolution in a time of cultural upheaval. Kendrick Lamar created the soundtrack to the film, and for a project as important as this, his artistry is an important representative distinction from the hollow narcissism of someone like Kanye West.

Meanwhile, the gun debate has turned a page, alongside other important cultural hotpoints. We cover this in episode 25, as well as the sticky-situation involving a band of white guys called Black Pussy playing in Los Angeles, and the resulting lesson in privilege vs. passive misogyny.

We also look at the similiarities between actions & ideas spreading like a virus, using an epidemiological study of the 2005 French riots to understand the rise of fake news, MAGA fever and beyond.

Johnny Firecloud's been kickin' names and takin' ass since his first interview in 2001 with A Perfect Circle, 6 years before starting AQ with Kevin Cogill. He also spent ten years as music editor/senior writer at CraveOnline.